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Omegle lets you have unfulfilling chats with strangers
There was a time, long ago, when chatting with strangers was one of the more impressive things you could do online. Things have changed since the days of 14.4 baud modems ... or have they?
Now, rather than using IRC to meet new friends that you can actually stay in contact with if you so choose, a recently released site called Omegle created by an 18 year-old high school senior named Leif K-Brooks offers the opportunity to chat with anonymous random strangers.
Given the general level of discourse online, and how much it improves when people have a shroud of anonymity, it should come as no surprise that chats on Omegle rarely turn out to be fulfilling experiences. Omegle is plagued by spammers and trolls, and though K-Brooks claims he is taking the issue seriously and attempting to do something about it, a perusal through his first-and-only blog post's comments shows that he has a long, long way to go.
Still, there's something mildly compelling about Omegle. If you have sensitive sensibilities, you're probably best to steer clear until some level of control is exerted over user behavior, but if you're immune to the ugliest your online brethren have to offer, have at it.
[via Switched]
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